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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Feeding The 'Sea Bright Rising' Vision

Woody's urgent need for food to last through weekend; plans for after the holiday

It’s food for rebuilding Sea Bright and its residents’ spirits and Chris Wood wants to make sure no stomachs are left grumbling. Weeks after Sandy spun her wrath on Sea Bright, the Fair Haven resident and owner of Woody’s Ocean Grille’s initial makeshift vision to feed residents and business owners faced with the daunting rebuilding of structure and spirit has grown. He predicted that he’d need more food as residents were allowed back into town to start making homes and businesses livable and functional. He was right. Finding his mission to nourish now sandwiched between a busy past weekend and a holiday weekend on the horizon, supplies are growing sparse. “Demand this (past) weekend was extremely high. We served more than 5,000 lunches on…

Monday, November 19, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Long Distance: R-FH Grad's Sandy Aid

Pennsylvania principal sends students' collection to Sea Bright Rising

Kathy Eelman Napolitano will tell you that she's a proud Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (R-FH) graduate. She grew up in Fair Haven, went to R-FH; and, like most R-FH alumni, she has many treasured memories of summers spent in Sea Bright. She, also like many, went away to college, got married, had children and ended up moving out of state, holding the area in her heart like a keepsake. So, calling herself a forever Jersey girl who grew up at the shore, the now-principal of a small Catholic elementary school in West Reading, PA, said she reads the Rumson-Fair Haven Patch to keep up with area news. When she read about Hurricane Sandy's devastating effect on the area, Napolitano decided to send a little love to help renourish the shore…

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